Ancestral Science

Feb 03 2025 33 ep. 74 mins 20
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Exploring and Sharing the depth of Scientific Knowledge within Stories that humans have been gifted from the Star, Land, and Animal Ancestors for thousands of years.
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Space Justice & Cosmic Relationality2

Feb 03 2025 94 mins  
With increased conversations about journeying beyond Earth, to Mars and beyond....we thought we would re-release this timely episode we recorded in Fall 2023. We were grateful to speak with Dr. ALVIN HARVEY a Navajo/Diné Scientist about Space Justice, the ethics of travelling beyond Earth, what it means to be in relationship with Space, how space is ALIVE, and why h

Change Making, Anishnawbek Mathematics, & Sturgeon Legs

Jan 20 2025 64 mins  
Join the Ancestral Science Pod and learn from CHEYENNE SEGO, about about the scientific significance of the teachings of gut feelings, Anishinabek Mathematics, stories of the time when sturgeon had legs and beavers were giants, economic reconciliation, and the resurgence of Indigenous peoples, science, and the seven sacred teachings.Cheyenne generously donated her honoraria to Na-M

Healing Frequencies of Jokes, Scents, Movement, & a Crackling Fire

Jan 06 2025 86 mins  
The Ancestral Science podcast got to learn from Dr. Michael YELLOW BIRD, by first beginning with a guided meditation to ground ourselves and focus on the present, then we explored a mathematical equation for decolonization, how Auntie jokes can protect the brain, the effects of colonization on our bodies and brains, the smell of bacon and well-being, mindfulness and syste

Pt2- Reconnecting the human in Science, Law, Health, & Society

Dec 23 2024 55 mins  
The Ancestral Science podcast fam ALL got to chat with Sahtu Dene mother, wife, activist, political organizer, and podcast host MICHELLE ROBINSON (they/them) about the game and everyday application of mathematics, how nature talks back to us, the silence of snow as a teaching, dogs as ancestors, natural law vs. colonial law, colonization,  addictions and uranium, and how

Pt1- Reconnecting the human in Science, Law, Health, & Society

Dec 09 2024 55 mins  
The Ancestral Science podcast fam ALL got to chat with Sahtu Dene mother, wife, activist, political organizer, and podcast host MICHELLE ROBINSON (they/them) about the game and everyday application of mathematics, how nature talks back to us, the silence of snow as a teaching, dogs as ancestors, natural law vs. colonial law, colonization,  addictions and uranium, and how

Gravitational Waves from the Blackfoot MacGyver

Nov 25 2024 78 mins  
The Ancestral Science Podcast was grateful to chat with Blackfoot Physicist COREY GRAY about inspiring to be the "Blackfoot MacGyver," the connection between the Blackfoot language and Albert Einstein, how we are all a part of space-time, chirps and hairy neutron stars, supermassive blackholes and wolf eyes, and the importance of seeing people that "look like you" in science and ph

Planetary Health through Berries, Land, & Water

Nov 11 2024 66 mins  
Relaunching one of our favourite episodes as the Pod-fam takes some time to plan upcoming episodes, edit, and prepare our merch for upcoming holiday markets!We began the conversation with DR. NICOLE REDVERS (Deninu Kųę́ First Nation) with defining both "science" and "healing," which lead to a conversation about how "everyday can be a healing experience," berries changing genetic

Part 2-Quantum Entanglement "Ghosts," Shapeshifters, & Ancestral Visits

Oct 28 2024 71 mins  
Welcome Back to the second part of the "Quantum Entanglement ghosts, shapeshifters, and ancestral visits" episode from the ANCESTRAL SCIENCE PODCAST. if this is new to you, please go back to episode one, its a good one!!After many conversations about the "seemingly irrational" experiences we all have had, the Ancestral Science Pod team decided to gather some cool people amid the se

Part 1-Quantum Entanglement "Ghosts," Shapeshifters, & Ancestral Visits

Oct 21 2024 68 mins  
After many conversations about the "seemingly irrational" experiences we all have had, the Ancestral Science Pod team decided to gather some cool people amid the season where the veil between worlds is the thinnest, and everyone's intuition and creepy-meter is heightened...In this TWO PART episode, we chatted about Schrödinger's cat and Sasquatch, shapeshifters and star people, gl

Reciprocity, Resilience & Tapwe (truth) within Indigenous Cuisine

Oct 07 2024 94 mins  
Cree Chef Shane Chartrand with us out on location at CHARCUT University District. Through kitchen pedagogy of breaking bread to expand relationality, Shane taught us about science of food that is hot and cold, how cutting/chopping/slicing foods differently effects their flavour, the connection between reindeer lichen and moustaches, mushroom identification (or not), Tapwe, the dark